Course Syllabus
Land Acknowledgement
Welcome!
I would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather for math class is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.
Calculus 12
In this course, we will be learning about:
- dividing infinitely small difference : rates of change including derivatives of algebraic and transcendental functions
- adding the infinitely small: sum change through integral calculus
- applying: a wide range of contexts including real world modelling
About your teacher
Your teacher for this class is Mr. Rob Lovell
Extra Help
Extra help is available at lunch daily in Room 111 by appointment.
Course Format
This course will be implemented as a pǝddᴉlɟ classroom. Before each class, you watch video lecture and complete interactive comprehension checks. Class begins with a student-centered discussion to share learnings and wonderings about the videos. The remainder of class is spent working through problem sets, sharing and discussing solutions with your peers.
It your choice whether you use traditional paper and pencil or digital equivalents. You will need headphones/airpods, laptop/iPad, and non-CAS graphing calculator.
Having some sort of digital stylus (ex. Apple Pencil, Wacom Tablet, Surface Pen) is recommended for doing writing math on a computer/tablet. This enables you to write mathematics naturally through digital medium such as in a Extra Help Tutorial over Meet, working remotely with a friend, or to add your solution to the projector display in class. Using cloud-based notes like Good Notes or Notability means you always have your math at your fingertips without needing to carry binders and textbooks. Sharing notes with a friend is easy and quick!
- Good tools: Desmos.com/calculator (Links to an external site.) for graphing and WolframAlpha Calculus Examples (Links to an external site.) to check an answer
Videos
The course videos will largely be pulled from University of Waterloo courseware as well as Khan Academy.
Here are some supplementary videos to consider
- Derivative Calculator (explain full steps of any derivative)
- Integral Calculator (explains full steps of any integral)
- The Essence of Calculus, 3Blue1Brown 12 video series
- Flipped Math - full AP Calculus course with videos, practice assignments, solutions
- Greg Kelly's PowerPoint Notes and Videos (Links to an external site.)
- Krista King's Videos
- Prof Rob Bob Calculus videos (Links to an external site.)
- Khan Academy's Online Calculus Course - videos and exercises (Links to an external site.)
(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) - Jamie Mulholland Differential Calculus Course (Links to an external site.)
- Visual Calculus (Links to an external site.) (old website, great content - check out their "drills")
- Geogebra Calculus Interactives
Formula Sheet
Please feel free to print and bring to assessment (check with teacher first). There should be no markings on the sheet.
Formulae Sheet *Updated Feb 15, 2022* - if you see a missing formula, let the teacher know
Typing Math
Most students are familiar with how to communicate understanding by showing their steps on paper and pencil which was modelled by teachers as they solved examples on the whiteboard. At times in this course, you may need to type mathematics in a word processor program or on Canvas. You will gain experience using the Equation Editor or even manually coding using LaTeX (pronounced lay-teck).
Here is a module with videos, handouts, and practice to learn about using Typing Math in Canvas and Word.
Curriculum
We follow the Ministry of Education Calculus 12 curriculum
First Peoples Principles of Learning
The First Peoples Principles of Learning greatly influence the B.C. curriculum and are woven throughout. They lend themselves well to mathematical learning, as they promote experiential and reflexive learning, as well as self-advocacy and personal responsibility in students. They help create classroom experiences based on the concepts of community, shared learning, and trust, all of which are vital to learning. (source)
Assessment
Over the course of the school year, students will have multiple opportunities to provide evidence of their proficiency in the outcomes of the course that span content and competencies. Feedback is provided through assessment for each student to capture the current level of proficiency and direct future learning. The Canvas Learning Mastery Gradebook captures a student's current proficiency level among each outcome. The full context requires the assessment itself (often on paper) with the provided feedback to understand why a student is currently placed at a particular achievement level. Students are encouraged to adapt a growth mindset and use feedback from assessment to understand what they know and what they don't know yet. As their proficiency improves, students should seek opportunities to demonstrate evidence of their learning. The goal is for each student to reach proficiency on all outcomes by the end of the course.
At reporting periods, the teacher will consider the body of evidence collected for outcomes for a particular student and triangulate the data to assign an achievement mark which will form the student's standing in the course. This rolled up "mark" contains substantially less information than the de-constructed achievement across outcomes which highlights areas of student strength and future growth opportunities.
To view a summary of your proficiency achievement on the assessments in the course, click on Gradesand then click the Learning Mastery tab.